Pictures of decently Modified cars [Vol. 2]
Discussion
Digitalize said:
JohnoVR6 said:
Seeing as there's been a BMW theme over the past two pages, this SEMA car conveniently popped up on my Facebook feed this morning;
Which, cleaning products aside, I think is just a bit
Seen it a few times in the last few days, only just realised it's a 3 Door! Have they put a 3dr door on to it? If so that's a fair amount of work!Which, cleaning products aside, I think is just a bit
Very nicely done, but how the hell did they do it?
mikey k said:
Yeah toook me a while to clock that
Very nicely done, but how the hell did they do it?
A lot of work, but I'm assuming they took the inner skin from a 3dr and grafted it on to the Touring shell so that the B-Pillar is in the correct place, then for the 'rear door' there's custom width glass, not sure what they've done about door cars though, need to see more of it. A lot more work than first meets they eye for sure.Very nicely done, but how the hell did they do it?
sleepera6 said:
Heres more of that Ferrari engined GT86
http://www.speedhunters.com/2016/11/ferrari-engine...
OwenK said:
Cupramax said:
Not sure where you get the idea a W124 with stretched tyres and dicked about camber is decently modded.
I'd say he got it from the fact that it looks nice. Not sure where you get the idea that your opinion on the meaning of "decently modded" is gospel.
What I don't understand is the benefit of doing this to the car, if it is purely aesthetic then it has been made to look like that on purpose, and I tend to agree that it looks like my Matchbox cars did, after getting stepped on - So the criticism that it is 'broken' is valid.
All other modifications, I can see the intention of - Home-made track specials, massively over engined dragsters, beautifully sculpted kustoms, updated classics with modern powerplants, replicas of race cars, lowriders with paint effects applied by magicians - All of these, where I can see the intent of the creator or recognise the craftsmanship or skills involved, I would refer to as 'Decently Modified'
But I cannot see any point or value in putting too-small tyres on too-wide wheels and then hiding them up in the arches of an otherwise un-modified car - Can anyone explain?
Silver Smudger said:
We appear to get a recurrent pattern with these cars - A 'stanced' car appears, some like it some don't - Those who don't (including me) might say it is too low or looks broken, the car is then defended by saying it is obviously 'on bags' and not to be driven like that.
What I don't understand is the benefit of doing this to the car, if it is purely aesthetic then it has been made to look like that on purpose, and I tend to agree that it looks like my Matchbox cars did, after getting stepped on - So the criticism that it is 'broken' is valid.
All other modifications, I can see the intention of - Home-made track specials, massively over engined dragsters, beautifully sculpted kustoms, updated classics with modern powerplants, replicas of race cars, lowriders with paint effects applied by magicians - All of these, where I can see the intent of the creator or recognise the craftsmanship or skills involved, I would refer to as 'Decently Modified'
But I cannot see any point or value in putting too-small tyres on too-wide wheels and then hiding them up in the arches of an otherwise un-modified car - Can anyone explain?
It's not a new phenomenon though, is it? Cars lowered purely for aesthetics so much that it compromises the usability have existed since at least the 50s. Some people like it (including you apparently but only if the car is old enough?) others don't. Making a snarky comment that you don't like it adds nothing to the discussion. Personally I thought that red M3 estate looked naff on the gold wheels but I didn't bother - not out of any namby-pamby need to avoid hurting anyone's feelings but purely because people reading this thread are here to look at interestingly modified cars, not read hundreds of posts of people's personal opinions on whether a particular thing looks good or not. Everyone has an opinion. Nobody cares about anyone else's. What I don't understand is the benefit of doing this to the car, if it is purely aesthetic then it has been made to look like that on purpose, and I tend to agree that it looks like my Matchbox cars did, after getting stepped on - So the criticism that it is 'broken' is valid.
All other modifications, I can see the intention of - Home-made track specials, massively over engined dragsters, beautifully sculpted kustoms, updated classics with modern powerplants, replicas of race cars, lowriders with paint effects applied by magicians - All of these, where I can see the intent of the creator or recognise the craftsmanship or skills involved, I would refer to as 'Decently Modified'
But I cannot see any point or value in putting too-small tyres on too-wide wheels and then hiding them up in the arches of an otherwise un-modified car - Can anyone explain?
For what it's worth, lowering a car and fitting bigger wheels tends (TENDS) to make them look more stylish, it tends to accentuate the lines of the body and look sleeker and more interesting. It gets closer to the ideal proportions and looks more like the designer's original vision. Not a hard and fast rule and it can of course be taken too far.
Silver Smudger said:
But I cannot see any point or value in putting too-small tyres on too-wide wheels and then hiding them up in the arches of an otherwise un-modified car - Can anyone explain?
If you think all these cars have is suspension and wheels then you're not looking hard enough. The modifications are often far more extensive than that, subtle changes to the bodywork, deleting certain items, smoothing and moulding, flaring bodywork, converting to different market spec, chassis modification to allow them to function at a lower height, raising the engine up in the engine bay to keep the sump off the floor, extending driveshafts, alignment changes to achieve extreme camber, rare old parts hunted after, others refurbished, interiors that are maintained and upgraded, boot builds to show off suspension and audio equipment, engine bays stripped bare and smoothed out, all wires and cables tucked away to leave an engine floating in a clean bay.Whilst you may not like the look, a hell of a lot of work goes in to a lot of them, people spend their evenings and weekends working on them, spending all their hard earned money on them, learning their car inside out, often either working out how to do things themselves or with friends. A lot of people I know probably work on their cars more than most on Pistonheads do, you might not get why they're doing it all to take photos to post on social media of them parked at shows, but in the end we all love cars, just in different ways.
Many of the best kept 80/90s cars you'll find are within the Stance genre, because people will spend ridiculous amounts of money having all their rust sorted, resprays, engine rebuilds, parts refreshed, interiors scoured from other models to be good condition, or retrimmed entirely.
You could almost liken it to a sort of concept car look, many of which have wheel/tyre/ride height combinations that would never work in the real world, and don't have all the features that rules and regulations demand, number plates, reflectors, indicators etc.
Digitalize said:
Silver Smudger said:
But I cannot see any point or value in putting too-small tyres on too-wide wheels and then hiding them up in the arches of an otherwise un-modified car - Can anyone explain?
If you think all these cars have is suspension and wheels then you're not looking hard enough. The modifications are often far more extensive than that, subtle changes to the bodywork, deleting certain items, smoothing and moulding, flaring bodywork, converting to different market spec, chassis modification to allow them to function at a lower height, raising the engine up in the engine bay to keep the sump off the floor, extending driveshafts, alignment changes to achieve extreme camber, rare old parts hunted after, others refurbished, interiors that are maintained and upgraded, boot builds to show off suspension and audio equipment, engine bays stripped bare and smoothed out, all wires and cables tucked away to leave an engine floating in a clean bay.Whilst you may not like the look, a hell of a lot of work goes in to a lot of them, people spend their evenings and weekends working on them, spending all their hard earned money on them, learning their car inside out, often either working out how to do things themselves or with friends. A lot of people I know probably work on their cars more than most on Pistonheads do, you might not get why they're doing it all to take photos to post on social media of them parked at shows, but in the end we all love cars, just in different ways.
Many of the best kept 80/90s cars you'll find are within the Stance genre, because people will spend ridiculous amounts of money having all their rust sorted, resprays, engine rebuilds, parts refreshed, interiors scoured from other models to be good condition, or retrimmed entirely.
You could almost liken it to a sort of concept car look, many of which have wheel/tyre/ride height combinations that would never work in the real world, and don't have all the features that rules and regulations demand, number plates, reflectors, indicators etc.
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